[Feature Request] Loading the ISO into memory :)

[papazark]

Hello

A rather low level request here
Fact is, memory is cheap nowadays, and I'd like to have the ability (optional of course) to load the complete ISO file into memory.
There would be a certain amount of time to load the file of course, but after that, the emu won't be affected by disk IO or network issues (if the iso is located on a network share)

It's possible to simulate that with a 'RAM Drive', but it would be better to have the feature directly in the emu

[Heihachi_73]

So you'd rather the emulator use its overhead, plus 700MB on top of it, plus all of Windows (Vista), Firefox and anything else open? Just be done with it and use the CD. It's also not the best idea to store your games on your main OS drive, along with the page file that is always on Drive C by default.

Not everyone has 4GB of memory to throw around yet (or 4TB of HD space, or a 4GHz clock speed, 4 CPU cores and $4000 for that computer!)... except for Emuforums members in the PCSX2 section.

[Gamesoul Master]

No, he doesn't "rather" the emulator do anything. He specifically noted that the option would have to be optional. It is a legitimate request with logical reasoning behind it.

I agree that not everybody has a lot of memory to work with. Then again, not everybody has the hardware to handle jacking up all those nice graphics settings on PCSX2 (far less than the people who could make use of loading the whole image into memory).

Personally, I would enjoy having this particular option. I keep most of my ripped games on my old computer, which is on the network I have set up in my house. And for the very reason that I don't have the money to buy so much hard drive space, I only keep one digital copy of my games. So when I want to play on my newer computer, I either have to temporarily transfer the image files over for whatever game(s) I want to play at that moment, or load/mount them from across the network (which slows things down pretty badly). Loading the image into memory would be a great solution to that kind of problem.

Though obviously, I understand that something like this may never become a reality. It's nice to throw the request out there though, so at least the interest in it is known.